G O P TOSSES DRY GAUNTLET TO DEMOCRATS
Kansas City dispatch reports the Republican convention tests the prohibition issue as the dry plank clings to enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. Wet factions back William S. Ware and Nicholas Murray Butler fight interiorly while Al Smith looms as possible Democratic standard bearer if nominated. The party also wrangles over farm relief and the equalization fee as Smoot and others push for farmer support.
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Kansas City
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Republican Party
al Smith
Henry
Curran
Association
Smith
Middle West
Resolutions Committee
Coolidge
Smoot
Thirteen Girls Receive Diplomas At Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception Academy in Oldenburg Indiana awarded thirteen diplomas at graduation. Rt. Rev. Msgr. James H. Ryan gave the address. Graduates include Leona Stich Indianapolis Eleanor Broermann Cincinnati Frances Broermann Cincinnati Frances Brown Terre Haute Thelma Burman Reading Josephine Crawford Scottsburg Myrtle Cuddy Bedford Margaret Hess New Marion Ruth Janszen Cincinnati Alma Schibi Cincinnati Adeline Telles Batesville Rose Mary Blank Batesville and Marcella Maas.
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Oldenburg
Ind
Immaculate Conception Academy
James H. Ryan
Leona Stich
Indianapolis
Eleanor Broermann
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frances Broermann
Frances Brown
Terre Haute
Thelma Burman
Reading
Josephine Crawford
Scottsburg
Myrtle Cuddy
Bedford
Margaret Hess
New Marion
Ruth Janszen
Alma Schibi
Adeline Telles
Batesville
Rose Mary Blank
Marcella Maas
Attempts on Prince Kuni Revealed in Formosa Attack
A month after a dagger attack on Prince Kuni in Taichu Formosa the assailant Cho Meika a 21 year old Korean is reported to have swallowed poison before the strike. He was arrested given antidotes and transported to Tokio. Also reported Evansville man claims a wild cherry tree at his home is over a century old fifty feet tall.
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United Press
TOKIO
Prince Kuni
Hirohito
Formosa
Cho Meika
Taichu
Times
Evansville
Ind
Haller T. Chute
Republican leaders narrow vice presidential field to six candidates
At convention hall in Kansas City on June 14, Republican leaders name six finalists from the Midwest and East for the vice presidency: Hanford MacNider Iowa De Neen Illinois Curtis Kansas Til son Connecticut Moses New Hampshire Edge New Jersey. Dawes is sidelined as Hoover forces oppose him. Two strategic paths emerge: pick a Midwest or target the East to counter Smith.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Kansas City
Republican Party
Middle West
East
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
Deneen
Illinois
Curtis
Kansas
Tilson
Connecticut
Moses
New Hampshire
Edge
New Jersey
Hoover
Smith
Atlantic Seaboard
Farm Belt
Deneen Strong
Mellon and Vare Sit as Friends at Convention
At the convention front row Andrew W. Mellon and William S. Vare are seen chatting and sharing laughs. The scene contrasts with talks that Ware undermined Mellon’s hold, and notes Mellon and kin once funded campaigns against Vare, with Vare later winning the nomination.
Jewelry thefts report multiple burglaries in city
Police logged a $4,000 jewelry haul and several smaller robberies. Detectives target a $2,500 platinum bracelet set with diamonds and two pearl diamond rings stolen from Mrs. Scott Deming at 3939 N Pennsylvania St. Other items include a $10 savings bank, a $35 Swiss watch for Estella Franz, a $30 dress and towels for Mrs. Butler Hurt, and a $50 nurse’s wrist watch from a hospital desk.
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Scott Deming
Pennsylvania St
Estella Franz
Demings
Butler Hurt
Capitol Ave
Mildred Moppin
City Hospital
Too Ardent Wooer Is Given Farm Term
Earl Goodwin 31 of 128 N Elder Ave was sentenced to 180 days at Indiana State Farm and fined 250 dollars for courting Miss Thelma Keller for a year She quit him eight months ago He argued with Keller and Pete Romero firing two wild shots and injuring Romero and Keller with two black eyes and a broken nose
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Earl Goodwin
N. Elder Ave
Indiana State Farm
Paul C. Wetter
Goodwin
Thelma Keller
W. Ray St
Keller
Pete Romero
Romero
Women Lose Plane Battle at National Convention
Women received about half the delegate weight as at Cleveland, with only one strictly feminine plank added. It acknowledged government roles for women in legal diplomatic and other offices. The National Woman’s Party pressed for a constitutional equal rights amendment, while the League of Women Voters backed remedies through legislation. The platform committee gave no mention to the issue.
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Cleveland
National Woman's Party
League of Women Voters
Platform Committee
Indianapolis Safer City for Babies in 1927 Mortality Drop
Indianapolis shows a sharp decline in infant deaths from 67.9 per 1000 in 1926 to 56.1 in 1927, according to Census Bureau figures. The city outpaced national and state rates, with the national birth registration area at 64.3 and Indiana still about three points higher than Indianapolis.
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Times
Washington
Indianapolis
United States Census Bureau
Hold Up at Cigar Stand on Virginia Ave
Two well dressed men robbed S. H. Gelman cigar stand at 949 Virginia Ave Wednesday night. They forced Gelman to surrender $100 from the safe and two cash registers at gunpoint. One robber tied a handkerchief over his face after the demand.
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S. H. Gelman
Virginia Ave
Flowers for the Fair City at Hoover convention
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt chairing the credentials committee received a large bouquet in the California delegation hall. The Texas Hoover delegation sent the flowers after a Thursday contest, and the source said to keep quiet to avoid disturbing Senator Smoot.
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United Press Convention
Kansas City
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
California
Hoover
Senator Smoot
Texas
Udell Works elects Griffith as president and Perry as VP
Udell Works at 2002 Barnes Ave announces Howard T. Griffith as president and James A. Perry as vice president with H. H. Phillips reelected secretary treasurer. Griffith had been vice president and Perry leads the Indianapolis baseball club. The trio and associates have gained control from the late A. A. Barnes, whose stock was left to Franklin College.
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Howard T. Griffith
James A. Perry
H. H. Phillips
Udell Works
Barnes Ave
Griffith
Perry
Indianapolis
Phillips
A. A. Barnes
Barnes
Franklin College
India Convert Coming Dr Mohamed Allar to Speak at Tabernacle
Dr Mohamed Allar of Lucknow will speak at Cable Tabernacle at 2 30 p m Sunday. A veteran of World War he completed his US training and will return to India after graduation from Stanford medical school Homer Rodeheaver Billy Sunday’s song director is to appear at the tabernacle Sunday afternoon and evening June 24.
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Mohamed Allar
Lucknow
India
Leland Stanford University Medical School
Cable Tabernacle
Sunda
Hang
America
Homer Roadheaver
Billy Sunday
the Tabernacle
Durant Draws Platform for Utopian State
Will Durant sketches a 1930s platform emphasizing education, arbitration, birth control, and selective immigration. Proposals include education for all, free scholarships, tax and tariff reforms, labor cooperation, and legalizing birth control to curb population growth while promoting scientific governance. A resident at a convention imagines Buffoonlike reforms as Smoot begins reading.
Radio plea to reach distant son near dying father
Relatives search for Ernest Neligh in a nationwide motor and truck selling family. Charles Neligh, 74, lies ill at 418 S Harris St as the son and his wife and two children travel the country. A portable radio is hoped to catch an Indianapolis police broadcast begging the son to return home from Marietta Ohio.
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Ernest Neligh
Ohio
Charles Neligh
S. Harris St
Marietta
Indianapolis
Texas Republicans split as faction forms in hotel room
FORM SECOND G.OP KANSAS CITY June 14 A sec ond Republican party of Texas was founded in a hotel room here late last night by the Wurzbach Littl eton faction whose anti Hoover delegates were refused seats in the Republican convention yesterday Co C Littleton was elected national committeeman Mrs Harry Wurzbach national committee woman and Capt Jack Elgin of San Antonio State chairman The un seated delegates from the eighteen districts were designated as the re spective district chairmen R B Creager recognized national committeeman from Texas said the leaders are well known chronic bolters and he refused to take them seriously.
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United Press
Kansas City
Republican Party
Texas
Wurzbach-Littleton
Co. C. Littleton
Harry Wurzbach
Jack Elgin
San Antonio
R. B. Creager
Eagles State convention opens in Indianapolis area
At Lafayette Indiana the two day State convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles opened with about 200 attendees. A ball was held Wednesday night and officers and drill teams gave demonstrations. Rev. J Frank Mallett of New Albany presided as state president.
Bitter talk on third party at convention hints speeches fade
Dexter M. Keezer reports Kansas City convention views show minority leaders unlikely to back a third party this year. Some shift toward backing the Democratic nominee in Houston surfaces. Nebraska delegates move to Hoover, Nye seeks Norris advice, La Follette Jr. doubts a third party before Houston, Keeney predicts one.
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Kansas City
Houston
Nebraska
George W. Norris
Texas
Nye
North Dakota
Norris
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
H. G. Keeney
Nebraska Farmers’ Union
Rezoning Appeal Denied for Meridian Twenty Seventh Site
Superior Judge Joseph M. Milner denied the rezoning appeal from the city zoning board. The case involved rezoning the northeast corner of Meridian and Twenty Seventh Streets to permit business houses. The plaintiffs Edward W. Warner and Frank F. Wooling sought to lease the site to Pure Oil for a filling station, citing nearby business use and the Marott Hotel opposite.
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Meridian
Twenty-Seventh Sts
Joseph M. Milner
City Board of Zoning Appeals
Milner
George J. Marott
Edward W. Warner
Frank F. Wooling
Pure Oil Company
Marott Hotel
Weary Hoople at G O P Hall Reports Night of Debate
Major Moople narrates a sleepless Kansas City convention day with farm relief clashes, aces and kings in a heated session, a long credentials reading by Mrs. Willebrandt, a Williams Hotel dining room reference, a roll call in Alabama, and an honorary escort for Senator Moses to the platform.
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Major Moople
NEA Service, Inc
Onvention Hall
Kansas City
Williams Hotel
Daytona
Alabama
al Jolson
Moses
India
New York
Egad
Indiana Hoosiers Drift Toward Hoover After Convention
Indiana delegates plan a special train from Kansas City to map a GOP fall sweep. Harry Leslie worries over Hoover opposition led by Edgar Bush and William Settle, with farm allies filibustering to delay convention action. Beardsley of Elkheart backs Hoover in the Elkhart Truth, showing split loyalties.
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Harry Leslie
Edgar Bush
Salem
Bush
William H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Settle
Hoover
Watson
Kansas City
Lee Nixon
Nixon
Farmers’ Committee
Mellon
Indiana
Texas
A. T. Beardsley
Elkhart
Hoover Beardsley
Elkhart Truth
Evangelist's Son Held for Probation Break
Francis Vaught aged 24 with wife and his Honaré, living with Evangelist Gilford Vaught and family, arraigned before Municipal Judge Wetter on blind tiger charges. He, Howard Vaught and Wilbur Andrews were arrested in Andrews' car. Andrews is deaf and faced license plate charges. Francis Vaught held for Criminal Court on suspended sentence for a past restaurant break. he received two to fourteen years then. Howard Vaught and Andrews placed on probation.
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Francis Vaught
S. Sherman Dr
A Honaré
Evangelist
Gilford Vaught
Oakland St
Paul C. Wetter
Wilbur Andrews
N. Gray St
Andrews
Howard Vaught
Sunday Street Car Fares in Colorado Springs Rise and Extend
Colorado Springs officials unveil a new Sunday fare allowing a 25 cent ticket usable for unlimited rides all day. The change aims to boost weekend street car traffic after a survey found lull on Sundays.
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Colorado Springs
United Press
Colo
Porter telephones from Paris to inform family of summer trip
Cole Porter, the songwriter, called his mother Mrs. Samuel Porter from his Paris home to say he will spend the summer in Italy. The long distance call cost 1.75 dollars.
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Times Special
Peru
Ind
Cole Porter
Paris
France
Samuel Porter
Italy
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